Maranta

  • Filed As

    Marantaceae
    Maranta

  • Collector(s)

    L. Andersson 1593 with Mats Hagberg, 27 Jan 1986

  • Location

    Brazil. Mato Grosso. Mun. Poxoréu, BR-070 ca. 2 km W of junction with MT-130 (due N pf Poxoréu).

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 03202684

    Occurrence ID: b0d61447-8c7d-4300-b96d-5471224dc27e

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  • Kingdom

    Plantae

  • Division

    Magnoliophyta

  • Order

    Zingiberales

  • Family

    Marantaceae

  • All Determinations

    Maranta

  • Region

    South America

  • Country

    Brazil

  • State/Province

    Mato Grosso

  • Locality

    Mun. Poxoréu, BR-070 ca. 2 km W of junction with MT-130 (due N pf Poxoréu)

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Flora of Brazil
Fifteenth Regnellian Expedition
1593. Maranta
MATO GROSSO: Municipio Poxoreu, BR-070 c. 2 km W of junction
with MT-130 (due N of Poxoreu), light savanna-like cerrado
with grassy field layer.
With deep-seated, swollen, horizontal rhizomes; renewal bran-
ches arising from slender vertical part near soil surface, ver-
tically descending, forming bulb-like structures at their tips.
Aerial shoots stiffly erect with + erect leaves. Leaves cori-
aceous. Bracts green with scarious margin soon turning brow-
nish. Corolla and staminodes white, callose staminode some-
times bluish-tipped.
27 Jan. 1986
Lennart Andersson & Mats Hagberg
03202684